43°06′08″N 78°00′58″W / 43.102222°N 78.016111°W / 43.102222; -78.016111Area | 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) |
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Established | 1935 |
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Governing body | Bergen Swamp Preservation Society |
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U.S. National Natural Landmark |
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Designated | March 1964 |
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The Bergen-Byron Swamp is a protected 2,000-acre (810 ha)[1] swamp and nature preserve located in the towns of Byron and Bergen, New York. It is over 10,000 years old. The Bergen Swamp Preservation Society was formed in 1935 to protect and preserve this delicate ecological environment.
It was designated a National Natural Landmark[2] in 1964, the first such site to be designated.[3]
Flora and fauna
A list of all some of the most common organisms in the swamp are as follows:[4]
- Beech tree
- Black rat snake
- Black huckleberry
- Cardinal flower
- Cinnamon fern
- Coal skink lizard
- Death angel
- Dog-tooth violets
- Eastern massasauga rattlesnake
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Visiting
Individuals may visit,[5] but groups need to ask permission first.
See also
- Wetlands portal
References
- ^ Genesee County history Archived October 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "National Natural Landmarks - National Natural Landmarks (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
Year designated: 1964
- ^ Bergen Swamp Preservation Society history Archived May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bergen Swamp". Genesee County New York. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ "Map and Directions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2018-11-08.
External links
- Official Site
- Scientific study of swamp[permanent dead link]
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Public preserves | |
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The Nature Conservacy | - Accabonac Harbor
- Andy Warhol Visual Arts
- Arthur W. Butler Memorial
- Atlantic Double Dunes
- Bear Swamp
- Calverton Ponds
- Chaumont Barrens
- Clintonville Pine Barrens
- Coon Mountain
- Deer Lick
- Denton
- El Dorado Beach
- Eugene and Agnes Meyer
- Everton Falls
- Freund
- Gadway Sandstone Pavement Barrens
- Hannacroix Ravine
- Henry Morgenthau
- Indian Brook Assemblage
- Ironsides Island
- Kenrose
- Limestone Rise
- Lisha Kill
- Long Island Center for Conservation
- Long Pond
- Lordsland
- Lower Poultney River and Saddles
- Marrion Yarrow
- Mashomack
- Mianus River Gorge
- Mildred E. Grierson Memorial
- Moccasin Kill
- Montauk Mountain
- Moss Lake
- Mount Holly
- Nellie Hill
- Neversink
- O.D. von Engeln
- Otter Creek
- Pawling
- Peconic Estuary Big Woods
- Pine Neck
- Roger Perry Memorial
- Ruth Wales
- Schunemunk Mountain
- Shadmoor
- Silver Lake Bog
- Spring Pond Bog
- Stewart
- Lewis A. Swyer
- Thompson Pond and Stissing Mountain
- Uplands Farm
- West Branch
- Whitbeck Memorial Grove
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